Quinton Flowers ran for 176 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 219 yards and two TDs to help South Florida get back on track in the American Athletic Conference with a 52-45 victory over visiting No. 22 Navy on Friday night.

Rebounding from a 16-point loss to Temple that cost the Bulls (7-2, 4-1) sole possession of first place in the AAC’s East Division, Flowers keyed a balanced attack that amassed 629 yards total offense against an overmatched Navy defense that yielded TDs on USF’s first six possessions of the game to fall behind 42-14 at halftime.

Will Worth ran for four touchdowns for Navy (5-2, 4-1), which leads the AAC West and entered the game as the only team without a loss in league play.

Flowers joined Marlon Mack in topping 100 yards rushing for the third time in four games. The dual-threat quarterback scored on runs of 1 and 63 yards.

Mack scored on an 85-yard run in the first quarter and finished with 125 yards on 11 carries for the 18th 100-yard performance of his career, fifth this season.

Worth rushed for 129 yards and scored on runs of 4, 1, 1 and 2 yards for Navy, which was forced to throw the ball more than the Midshipmen are accustomed, with Worth going 15 of 27 for 299 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

The Midshipmen finished with 616 yards total offense, including 317 rushing.

Gator benched

Florida running back Mark Thompson won’t play today against Georgia after being cited for marijuana possession.

Thompson, who ranks third on the team with 262 yards rushing and two touchdowns this season, was pulled over early Thursday after he ran a stop sign near campus, according to a University Police Department report. The officer said he smelled marijuana in the car, performed a search and found Thompson in possession of fewer than 20 grams of the substance.

Thompson was given a notice to appear for the misdemeanor violation.

The 14th-ranked Gators announced that Thompson won’t make the trip to Jacksonville because of “some choices and decisions he’s made.”

Pac-12 showdown

The road to the Pac-12 title hasn’t taken the usual route in 2016 with traditional powers such as Stanford and Oregon struggling.

The premier game of this season could take place in Salt Lake City today when No. 17 Utah hosts No. 4 Washington in a possible preview of the title game.

Washington (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) is off to its first 7-0 start since 1992 when the Huskies shared the league championship with Stanford. The No. 4 ranking is their highest since 2000. Third-year coach Chris Petersen called Utah their biggest challenge of the season.

“I think their record proves out,” Petersen said. “Going on the road, that’s a really great environment to play in, all those types of things across the board. This will by far be our toughest test so far.”

The Utes are off to a 7-1 start for the second consecutive season as they continue to chase the first Pac-12 championship in school history. The Utes sit atop the South Division with a 4-1 record and control their own destiny, once again. The 2015 team, however, dropped back-to-back games after improving to 7-1 and wound up in the Las Vegas Bowl.